Interest on external debt (current LCU) by country

Interest on external debt (current LCU). Data are in current local currency.

Countries reporting

Highest

869.37 billion current LCU

Mozambique

Lowest

0 current LCU

Mali

Median

4.02 billion current LCU

Years covered

1966–2011

Data points

1,343

What the numbers show

Interest on external debt (current LCU) is currently reported for 50 countries. The highest value is 869.37 billion current LCU in Mozambique; the lowest is 0 current LCU in Mali.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.02 billion current LCU, and the mean is 48.24 billion current LCU.

Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Democratic Republic of Congo (up 52,639.2%), and the largest decrease in Kenya (down 100.0%).

Interest on external debt: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Mozambique	869.37 billion current LCU	2011	up 492.2%	volatile
2	Guinea	293.27 billion current LCU	2011	up 372.4%	volatile
3	Nigeria	182.23 billion current LCU	2005	up 328.4%	volatile
4	Cote d'Ivoire	170.80 billion current LCU	2011	down 27.5%	rising
5	Sierra Leone	130.32 billion current LCU	2011	up 356.8%	volatile
6	Democratic Republic of Congo	107.80 billion current LCU	2007	up 52,639.2%	volatile
7	Gabon	89.57 billion current LCU	2011	down 66.8%	volatile
8	Algeria	81.40 billion current LCU	2003	—	rising
9	Uganda	71.66 billion current LCU	2011	up 5.4%	volatile
10	Zambia	69.06 billion current LCU	2011	down 44.2%	volatile
11	Tanzania	67.90 billion current LCU	2011	up 34.8%	volatile
12	Senegal	51.00 billion current LCU	2011	up 115.2%	rising
13	Madagascar	43.11 billion current LCU	2011	down 38.3%	volatile
14	Angola	38.45 billion current LCU	2011	up 291.5%	volatile
15	Cameroon	28.00 billion current LCU	2011	down 86.1%	volatile
16	Sao Tome and Principe	23.82 billion current LCU	2011	up 0.8%	volatile
17	Burundi	13.99 billion current LCU	2005	up 297.4%	volatile
18	Chad	12.00 billion current LCU	2007	up 71.4%	volatile
19	Congo	11.11 billion current LCU	2011	—	volatile
20	Burkina Faso	10.02 billion current LCU	2011	down 20.8%	rising
21	Mauritania	8.40 billion current LCU	2011	up 53.8%	rising
22	Niger	8.00 billion current LCU	2005	down 62.0%	rising
23	Benin	5.00 billion current LCU	2005	down 80.1%	falling
24	Egypt	4.89 billion current LCU	2011	up 167.0%	volatile
25	Rwanda	4.87 billion current LCU	2011	up 5.4%	rising
26	Liberia	3.17 billion current LCU	2008	up 10,760.7%	volatile
27	Morocco	3.06 billion current LCU	2011	down 48.1%	volatile
28	Togo	2.34 billion current LCU	2011	down 85.8%	falling
29	Ghana	1.25 billion current LCU	2010	up 1,368.9%	volatile
30	Malawi	1.04 billion current LCU	2011	down 39.3%	volatile
31	Comoros	830.92 million current LCU	2010	down 6.6%	volatile
32	Mauritius	730.00 million current LCU	2011	up 139.9%	rising
33	Tunisia	616.60 million current LCU	2011	up 26.1%	volatile
34	Ethiopia	462.47 million current LCU	2011	down 8.4%	volatile
35	Equatorial Guinea	400.00 million current LCU	2009	down 89.7%	volatile
36	Central African Republic	300.00 million current LCU	2010	down 97.1%	falling
37	Seychelles	293.00 million current LCU	2010	up 496.0%	volatile
38	Sudan	213.67 million current LCU	2009	up 5.8%	volatile
39	Eritrea	212.00 million current LCU	2009	up 739.6%	volatile
40	Eswatini	209.00 million current LCU	2011	up 141.1%	volatile
41	Guinea-Bissau	200.00 million current LCU	2011	down 98.3%	volatile
42	Zimbabwe	198.43 million current LCU	2011	up 41.3%	rising
43	Namibia	151.00 million current LCU	2011	up 315.5%	volatile
44	Gambia	105.00 million current LCU	2011	up 52.8%	volatile
45	Botswana	87.15 million current LCU	2011	—	volatile
46	Lesotho	75.00 million current LCU	2011	down 44.2%	volatile
47	Cape Verde	987.83 current LCU	2011	up 106.6%	volatile
48	Kenya	0 current LCU	2011	down 100.0%	volatile
48	South Africa	0 current LCU	2010	—	flat
48	Mali	0 current LCU	2011	down 100.0%	rising

About this data

Indicator: Interest on external debt (current LCU)
Unit: current LCU
Source: World Bank country economists
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 50 places, 1,343 data points, 1966–2011
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Interest on external debt (current LCU). Data are in current local currency.